I spent a few days this week hanging art, and unpacking the last parts of my studio that have been in boxes since moving from the desert to the coast over the summer. As much as I loved… Read More
(The instructions for making the collagraph above are on my youtube channel here.) I’m unloading art festival gear at my studio after the Sierra Madre Art Fair, which started… Read More
You’ve probably heard that *everything* online is moving towards video. You can read articles with statistics on trends, and look at popular social media live-video add-ons like In… Read More
On Paper is a project to promote the art of printmaking and develop connections between printmakers around the world.
Each artist can submit one piece of work on a paper size of 300mm x… Read More
I stayed at The Old Mill Inn – a Bed & Breakfast in Hatfield, Massachusetts a few years ago to attend a wedding. The Mill and the landscape around it is rich wit… Read More
This mat board collagraph started as a doodle (see photos of the process, with links to supplies below). I’m surrounded by young women with babies, meandering different chapters of… Read More
If you’re accustomed to the idea that printmaking always involves the incision or engraving into metal that is then printed, you might want to know about a little thing called the coll… Read More
Ever worry about bothering people with your emails or postcards?
You’re not alone. And there’s nothing wrong with wanting to do right by your trusted fans. You know what it&rsquo… Read More
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Making Art with Other People Make art more often by joining a group, taking a class or scheduling your creative time w… Read More
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Checking In How are you doing this week? We’re all hiking through the woods together towards the end of the year… Read More
On Paper presents its annual printmaking contest to promote the art of printmaking and the connection between printmakers around the world.
Each artist can submit one piece of work on a p… Read More
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Grab Your Colored Pencils Colored pencils provide immediate, no fuss, easy-peasey art making on the fly. Even if you&r… Read More
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What Inspires Your Art? I’ve always felt riveted by and drawn to the art, architecture and cultural styles of Mo… Read More
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This (below) is the back of a piece of mat board (also known as mount board in other parts of the world), which is the… Read More
We may think we all know the basic principles of how most printmaking works — that we roll the surface of a plate with ink, place it face up on the bed of an etching press and then pla… Read More
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Making a Mat Board Collagraph Let’s make a collagraph from a scrap piece of mat board! I’ve got some proce… Read More
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How Do You Get Your Art Out into the Public? Are you juggling family and jobs while squeezing slivers of art-making in… Read More
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Mat Board Collagraph Versatility Have you ever made a mat board collagraph? If not, and you want to try it, visit this… Read More
On Paper presents its annual printmaking contest, now in its 5th year, to promote the art of printmaking and the connection between printmakers around the world.
Each artist can submit on… Read More
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Experiments in the Art Studio Experiments in the studio are important, because that’s what we should be doing wi… Read More
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Sinking In 5.5 x 7 Collagraph Print (Available in my Etsy Shop here) How to Make a Collagraph using Carborundum This c… Read More
Garvey|Simon, in collaboration with McKenzie Fine Art, is presenting Ann Aspinwall: Spirit of Place, an exhibition of the artist’s recent work in silkscreen, etching, linocut, and coll… Read More
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Breakfast Alarm 7×7 Collagraph with colored pencil on Arches paper How to Make a Collagraph Portrait Want a creati… Read More
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Watercolor illustration of a rose in a bud vase underway, ready for adding colored pencil
Watercolor and Colored Penc… Read More
Given the many other labour-intensive and time-consuming stages of printmaking – not least the production of the matrix, such as the plate, block or stone that carries the image inform… Read More
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5 Tips for Your Artist Newsletter
How often do you send a newsletter or email to your followers? If the writing segmen… Read More
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Figurative Collagraph Prints
Traditional mat board (known as mount board or pressboard in other parts of the world) is… Read More
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What is a Collagraph?
The word collagraph sounds a bit like the word collage, right? The root of the word - Colla is d… Read More
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What is a Glue Collagraph?
A glue collagraph is a printmaking plate made from a stiff base, like mat board, with a pri… Read More
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Coursing the Heliconi
My friend Sarah recommended trying an Etchr Watercolor Sketchbook, so I bought this one to test… Read More
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Repurpose Plastic Food Containers into Printmaking Plates
Your enthusiasm for this post about converting a plastic coo… Read More
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The Art of Wiping an Intaglio Plate
Inking and wiping an intaglio print is almost an art.
Watching a master printma… Read More
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Printing a Mat Board Collagraph in the Intaglio Style
Collagraph printmaking can arise from something as simple as fin… Read More
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Making Art from Stuff at Home
After printing drypoint etchings from recycled plastic food containers (see drypoints fr… Read More
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Print a Collagraph Using a la Poupee for Full Color
This is a mat board collagraph (also known as press board or mont… Read More
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I purchased Shane Weller's book (a Dover Publication - you can check out here) on German Expressionist Woodcuts a few de… Read More
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Make a Collagraph Print from Mat Board
Have you made a collagraph print from mat board, and printed it in the a la tou… Read More
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Acrylic Gloss Varnish Sealer on Mat Board Collagraphs
When you make a collagraph plate from mat board (also known as m… Read More
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Can You add Watercolor to Collagraph Prints?
Yes, you can, as long as the ink you used to print your collagraph dries… Read More
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Make a Monotype from Things Around the House
This was a quick experiment to see if I could pull a monotype print - wit… Read More
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Making an Intaglio Drypoint Print from Recycled Paper Cartons
While walking a freshly emptied carton of frozen Mango … Read More
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Nude Figurative Collagraph Print
This nude figurative collagraph print was part of a series of carborundum tests I exp… Read More
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Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Print
Snacking Geometry is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print still life, created f… Read More
This Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022 teaching artist JR Salter and host Devrim Ozkan of Revolution Paint & Ink will be introducing Collagraph Printing at the weekly free online class hosted by the… Read More
Create an art print at Sunday’s free online art class, courtesy Burien Arts.
This week’s free online art class – set for this Sunday, April 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. – is ab… Read More
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Print Day in May Reduction Linocut and Drypoint Combo
Tuxedo Corsage is a Reduction Linocut and Drypoint print combo s… Read More
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Carborundum Collagraph Print
This carborundum collagraph print was made with mat board, acrylic gloss, and carborundum… Read More
The history of art is a history of artistic breakthroughs. Consider these significant achievements: Scientific perspective Oil painting, and t… Read More
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Color Tetrapak Collagraph Print
I veered off the Mokulito (Wood Litho) printmaking trail to take a little hike with Te… Read More
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Figurative Watercolors - Sand Castle Princess
I took a pause from my fun Mokulito printmaking experiments to work on t… Read More
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Gelli Plate Monotype Portrait Print
Experiments with gelli plate monotype portrait prints have been underway in my stu… Read More
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Collagraph using Recycled Cardboard Printed Intaglio Style without a Press
While we were all staying in, I posted a se… Read More
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Collagraph Print from Mat Board with Akua Inks
Here is a small Collagraph Print from Mat Board with Akua Inks. I print… Read More
Despite the rotten weather I’ve had a good week, mainly because I’ve made progress designing a small cloth cat, which will become my first sewing pattern, hopefully, by the end o… Read More
Everything is Going to be Alright - Neon light at the Scottish Gallery of Modern Art by Martin Creed. Photographed by me on 1st January 2020So it’s 2022 already. Let’s hope it&rs… Read More
What/Who:
Through the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami (MOCA)’s continued efforts to include diverse voices and perspectives, the museum is offering a robust series… Read More
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Watercolors, Sketching, Printmaking, and Stitching - an Art Studio Update
As I mentioned in the last post, I have moun… Read More
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Small Landscape Study in Watercolor with Colored Pencil
Something about cypress trees makes me want to draw and paint… Read More
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Colored Pencil Portrait on Black Paper
I've been experimenting with black paper - using colored pencils, pastels, and… Read More